diff --git a/bin/quads-daemon b/bin/quads-daemon
index e074d962a..e31df1571 100755
--- a/bin/quads-daemon
+++ b/bin/quads-daemon
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class HTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                             data['wipe'][0])
                 self.wfile.write(json.dumps({'result': result}))
                 write_lock.release()
-                if data['extnet']:
+                if 'extnet' in data:
                     vlans_conf = os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../conf/vlans.yml"
 
                     try:
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class HTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                 print "quads: Invalid YAML config: " + vlans_conf
                                 exit(1)
                             for vlan, properties in vlans.iteritems():
-                                if data["extnet"] == properties["id"]:
+                                if int(data["extnet"][0]) == properties["id"]:
                                     properties["cloud"] = data['cloud'][0]
                                     properties["owner"] = data['owner'][0]
                                     properties["ticket"] = data['ticket'][0]
@@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ class HTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                                     if not os.path.exists(vlans_dir):
                                         os.makedirs(vlans_dir)
                                     stub = os.path.join(vlans_dir, "%s-vlan%s-%s-%s" % (
-                                        data["cloud"],
-                                        data["extnet"],
-                                        data["owner"],
-                                        data['ticket'],
+                                        data["cloud"][0],
+                                        data["extnet"][0],
+                                        data["owner"][0],
+                                        data['ticket'][0],
                                     ))
                                     if not os.path.exists(stub):
                                         with open(stub, "a") as _:
diff --git a/bin/quads-validate-env.sh b/bin/quads-validate-env.sh
index d7a6dbd5f..8c0af3230 100755
--- a/bin/quads-validate-env.sh
+++ b/bin/quads-validate-env.sh
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ function validate_environment() {
         touch $data_dir/release/${env}-${owner}-${ticket}
         if [ -f $data_dir/release/.failreport.${env}-${owner}-${ticket} ]; then
             for file in $data_dir/vlans/${env}*; do
-                if ! find $file &> /dev/null; then
+                if [ ! -f $file ]; then
                     report_success $env $owner $ticket
                 fi;
             done